Editing ReactOS (section)

===Early development===
Around 1996, a group of [[free and open-source software]] developers started a project called ''FreeWin95'' to implement a [[clone (computing)|clone]] of [[Windows 95]]. The project stalled in discussions on the design of the system.

While FreeWin95 had started out with high expectations, there still had not been any builds released to the public by the end of 1997. As a result, the project members, led by then coordinator Jason Filby, joined together to revive the project. The revived project sought to duplicate the functionality of [[Windows NT]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/178/interview-with-jason-filby-from-the-reactos-project/|title=Interview with Jason Filby from the ReactOS Project|last=Loli|first=Eugenia|date=16 October 2001|work=OSNews|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> In creating the new project, a new name, ''ReactOS'', was chosen. The project began development in February 1998 by creating the basis for a new NT kernel and basic drivers.<ref>{{Citation
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</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speed |first=Richard |date=2022-03-14 |title=ReactOS now supports SMP |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/14/reactos_smp/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> The name ReactOS was coined during an IRC chat. While the term "OS" stood for operating system, the term "react" referred to the group's dissatisfaction with&nbsp;– and reaction to&nbsp;– Microsoft's [[Microsoft litigation|monopolistic position]].<ref name=Spiegel>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,287199,00.html |last=Sixtus |first=Von Mario |title=ReactOS: Das Nicht-Windows |language=de |publisher=[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel Online]] |date=2004-02-20 |access-date=2009-12-11}}</ref>

In 2002, the ReactOS Foundation was established in Moscow with Maxim Osowski and Aleksey Bragin as executive officers and Vladimir Bragin, Saveliy Tretiakov and Alexey Ivanov on the board of directors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_Foundation|title=ReactOS Foundation&nbsp;— ReactOS Wiki|website=www.reactos.org|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> In 2015, the foundation was liquidated.<ref name="liquidated">{{Cite web|url=https://egrulinfo.com/8583363/|title=ФОНД АКТИВИЗАЦИИ КИБЕРПРОСТРАНСТВА, ФАК, РЕАКТОС&nbsp;— ФОНД, ФОНД РЕАКТОС, г. Саранск: ИНН: 1328170012, ОГРН: 1021301112876|website=egrulinfo.com|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>